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GLSA-201408-18 : NRPE: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 77462

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-18 (NRPE: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in NRPE. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All NRPE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/nrpe-2.15'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77462

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201408-18.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nrpe, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1362, CVE-2014-2913

BID: 58142, 66969

GLSA: 201408-18